by Mignon | Sep 17, 2020 | Our News
During lockdown it was interesting to note that many of our partner organisations who started working online felt more comfortable using our WhatsApp site rather than our mobi site. This was probably because WhatsApp became such a popular group space, with...
by Mignon | Jul 28, 2020 | Our News
FunDza is celebrating some great news – the fundza.mobi site has been zero-rated by all major mobile operators in the country. This means that young people across the land can access the stories, blogs, poetry, plays and more on the fundza.mobi platform without...
by Mignon | Apr 22, 2020 | Our News
When Gift of the Givers asked us if we could supply them with flyers about FunDza to go out with food parcels, it got us thinking about how we could get other reading material to young people in lockdown… And that’s how ‘Soul Food from FunDza’ was born. We took four...
by Dorothy Dyer | Nov 15, 2019 | Our News
It’s always great to keep up with writers we have worked with, and see what they are doing. Lawrence Simelane was a mentee writer in one of our projects in Gauteng in 2015. He is also involved in the performing arts – and his original story was about a pantsula...
by Team Fundza | Oct 4, 2019 | Our News
Imagine the shock of getting a call at work. I should probably point out that no one would ever call me at work if they know me personally. The caller was a woman from Communiversity in Vrygrond, Cape Town. Communiversity is an organisation aimed at helping young...
by Dorothy Dyer | May 21, 2019 | Our News
We are working on an exciting new project with the National Association of Child Care Workers (NACCW). For one of their interventions, the NACCW have two field-workers at eight high schools in KZN where they support learners with psycho-social issues and interact with...
by Mignon | Oct 5, 2018 | Our News
The eLearning Africa conference brings together a 1000 or more people from across the African continent and beyond to talk about technology and learning within our African context. The majority of the participants are from Africa – with most countries...
by Zilungile Zimela | Jul 27, 2018 | Our News
FunDza works with a network of beneficiary groups – called the FunDza Family – around the country that receive books and reading resources to support a culture of reading and writing in their communities. We caught up for five minutes to ask five questions...
by Zilungile Zimela | Jul 16, 2018 | Our News
On the 10 July 2018, FunDza Literacy Trust was interviewed for a 30 minute long segment on Cape Town Tv’s Ekse Let’s Talk youth show with other community-based organisations working with young people in various South African communities. Through the...
by Zilungile Zimela | Jul 10, 2018 | Our News
Johannesburg City Libraries’ Library and Information Services eLearning Unit ran an essay writing competition in collaboration with the FunDza Literacy Trust from 1 April to 31 May 2018. The intention of the competition was to promote eLearning services to the...
